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• Blog / Academics & Research

  e) Other Some pretty important stuff, and then just some pretty stuff.

  

  switching/undeciding mean (My child is just as undecided.): a) There is no sustainingly intriguing enough major at MIT or elsewhere. b) If there is such a ... major is more of a personal journey, and these blogs are supposed to apply

  • by Jess K. '10
  • January 5, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  [joint post] a guide to mit gyms big brains, big gains 😤

  

  student life is that every dorm comes equipped with its own gym, which ... your convenience :). Kano: Boston is an active city, and the gyms ... be confused with the homonymous dorm. this is instead referring to a

  • by Gloria Z. '26
  • September 4, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  The Muti Water Project ...is finished!!!

  

  “Why is There No Water”. This was a long, arduous process, seriously ... posts + this podcast). But finally, against many odds, the well is ... Solutions In “Why is There No Water”, I’d highlighted some key qualitative

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 20, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  is the steepest wooden rollercoaster on Earth: it starts with an eight ... . Following 2011’s attempt at a railroad permit, this is the second year of the ... gel thickening agent. I’ve been at MIT for a while: this is my sixth

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Parents, Please Read Prefrosh and students, read this too, and make sure to have a discussion with your…

  

  's nothing quite like being at home, even if it is just for two weeks, and even ... . Home is still wonderful. Being home is a great time for deep ... reason I write for the admissions blogs is because I really like the

  • by Snively '11
  • December 24, 2008
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  All the bridges I’ve crossed in Cambridge, ranked my civil engineering hat is off

  

  ="an important distinction is between the greater boston area and boston the city ... even worcester and providence in rhode island. colloquially, this is sometimes referred to as boston. the city itself is often called boston proper

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 10, 2020
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Fireside Chat with President Sally Kornbluth get to know our president!

  

  Chorallaries? Did you know that she is a foodie and loves to try new restaurants ... recognize her face and her title, but what is the President of MIT like on a personal level? Well, let’s find out. What is something that you love about

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • December 13, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Rain by any other name lagi na lang umuulan

  

  languages have a rich vocabulary for rain. The lightest is probably ambon, a shower, a drizzle. Ambon is the kind of rain that a light jacket would be ... window, ampiyas, and the action is umaanggi. Where I'm from, the dry

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 22, 2021
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  How to date at an American college Things we never talk about

  

  physically abusive relationships. It is also, uhh, going to be a really long post ^^; This is a bit of an awkward topic for me to broach, but ... a little awkward too, but one thing I’ve learned is that we should not

  • by Selam G. '18
  • March 21, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Things Wot I Did Whilst Studying at MIT A tale told in pictures (and someone else's words).

  

  regrets in life is that I didn't take more pictures in college. My excuse ... think of it as a stepping stone. 18. Take risks. 50. This is the only time in your lives when your only real responsibility is to learn

  • by Keri G. '10
  • May 27, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Save Point sleep wake hope

  

  dedicate to my writing than I really would have liked, which is one of the ... 't make a whole lot of sense - my apologies. But my point is that it's taken ... , which is basically the cause of those past two paragraphs of digression

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The MIT Major Arcana a collaborative art project

  

  is significance behind 21 majors, as 21 is also the number of major ... Fool, which is not a part of the major arcana, in the same way that an undergrad begins with no major, being Undeclared. This is not a coincidence

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 19, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Midsemester Night’s Dream Technically an All-Nighter's Dream, but hey, close enough

  

  to write this post at 5:38 AM. In front of me is an empty Pringles can and some iced tea, to my right is a notebook full of vectors and ... the couch is Reva ‘18, who fell asleep on her laptop keyboard while

  • by Joel G. '18
  • November 6, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Be yourself or create yourself? The biggest question in freshman year.

  

  Great Gatsby, “the Great American Novel”, is a book most of us have to go ... great dilemma: be yourself or create yourself - just which one is it? I ... to “create myself”, even literally. Since “Jenny” is not on any of my

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • August 10, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Move Fast And Break Things just make sure you have a net positive of unbreaks

  

  Facebook is somewhat infamous on the college software developer scene for its 'hackathons'. What exactly is a hackathon? "At Facebook, we ... next morning. Yes, this is totally awesome. It reminds me of MIT. It also

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • June 25, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An Entry About Snow ...Even though we don't have any

  

  life, or at least life at MIT, is like snowboarding. You may or may not ... . (This belief is largely due to, well, people like me. Sorry guys.) But ... them, but that's not the point. Well, actually, it kind of is the point

  • by Karen F. '11
  • January 11, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Summer Reading aka inhaling all the books i can before school starts

  

  (Preface: This post is essentially a tribute/continuation of Selam ... say, I enjoyed the film marginally better. The book is a bit dry, and IMO, the action is better represented through film. Double Indemnity

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • July 22, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Units of Measure A simple question with a lot of cool answers

  

  to conversation. A Graybill is a unit of harem. The Itani is a unit of negative tact.  A Snively is equal to 1 byte wasted on the internet. Friends with units is great, but what I really enjoyed, and still enjoy, is

  • by Snively '11
  • January 7, 2017
• Blog / About Decisions

  In Search of Answers Seeking recommendations, rather than providing them...

  

  of people who make up the admission staff. It is the collective wisdom ... students and parents, this is simply not the case. If you approach the ... yardstick. But there is no substitute for figuring out who you are, who you

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • October 13, 2011
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Iron Man, MIT ‘87 (?) After 21 last month, another MIT movie.

  

  . According to the Wikipedia bio, this is Stark's background:   ... industrialist and head of Stark Industries, and Maria Stark. Tony is a boy genius ... Rhodey, implying a college friendship. Even stronger evidence is Rhodey'

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 4, 2008